May 2003
Features
Seven Ways to Help Your Hospital Stay in Business
Implementing an EMR System: One Clinic's Experience
Dealing With a Health System That Fails to Honor Your Employment Agreement
Caring for Frequent-Visit Patients
Departments
Editor's Page
Perverse Incentives, Perverted System
Robert L. Edsall
Getting Paid
An Update on the E/M Codes and Documentation Guidelines
Kent J. Moore
Improving Patient Care
Group Visits 101
Sue Houck
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Charles Kilo
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John C. Scott
Computers
Evidence-Based-Medicine Tools for Your Palm-Top Computer
Matt Lewis
Balancing Act
Forget About Time Management
Pamela J. Vaccaro
Coding & Documentation
Documenting Observation and Admission Defining an E/M Service NDC Numbers on Claims Pharmacologic Management Mini Mental Status Exam
Ask FPM
Transition to Open Access Medicare Secondary Payer Forms Billing for Temporary Physicians Documentation Forms for Preventive Exams
Practice Diary
Office Manager for a Day Life Insurance A Friend in Need II
Monitor
Supreme Court Affirms "Any Willing Provider" Law Going the Extra Mile Get Specific With Your Praise Family Practice Match Numbers Continue to Decline Doctors, Hospitals Try New Response to Medical Errors
Letters
Affirming a Difficult Choice
Expanding the Role of Nurses
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